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N. MATERIA MEDICA, THERAPEUTICS, AND HYGIENE 547 



(a.) MATERIA MEDICA. 



Remedies : Antagonism between Belladonna and the Calabar Bean, 547 ; 

 Effect of Senna on the Urine, 547 ; Therapeutic Virtues of Phenate of Am- 

 monia, 557 ; Remedial Action of the Ailantus, 560 ; Bromide of Potassium 

 as a Remedy, 559; Hypodermic Injection of Chloral. 560; Croton-Chloral, 

 567 ; the Physiological Action of Ozone, 563 ; Action of Different Wires of 

 Induction Coil on the S3 T stem, 552 ; Proper Application of the Cautery, 559 ; 

 Magnesite for Surgical Bandages, 548. Anaesthetics : Anaesthesia in Op- 

 erations on the Eye, 555. Food : Starch Unfit Food for Infants, 566 ; Mi- 

 croscopic Examination of Adulterated Milk, 569. General : Action of Salt 

 and Potash Salts on the System, 553. 



(b.) DISEASES AND THEIR CURE. 



Special Diseases: Australian Cure for Diphtheria, 547; Cure for Diph- 

 theria, 566 ; Curing Croup with Bromine, 566 ; Cure for a Cold, 548 ; Rapid 

 Cure for Catarrh, 551 ; Pathology of Mumps, 549 ; Hay Fever, 549 ; Re- 

 searches on Diabetes, 550 ; Carbolate of Ammonia for Malignant Pustule, 

 558 ; Carbolic Acid in Cholera, 567 ; Agency of Milk in Spreading Typhoid 

 Fever, 560 ; Relation of Typhoid Diseases to Cryptogamic Vegetation, 571 ; 

 Report of United States Medical Department on Yellow Fever in 1873, 

 572 ; Physiology of Dyspepsia, 568 ; Microscopic Examination of Adulter- 

 ated Milk, 569 ; Cause and Prevention of Damp Feet, 561 ; the Vapor-bath 

 in Hydrophobia, 558; Alcohol as a Remedy for Burns, 552. Poisons and 

 their Antidotes : Poisonous Nature of Cobalt Compounds, 552 ; Contam- 

 ination of Crushed Sugar by Lead, 562 ; Non-poisonous Character of Pure 

 Coralline, 562 ; Poisoning with Aniline Red, 570 ; Antidote to Carbolic Acid, 

 568 ; Cure for the Bite of Poisonous Serpents. 570. General : Cause of 

 Putrefaction in Eggs, 550; Auscultation of the Chest for Brain Disease, 

 564. 



(C.) THE PUBLIC WELFARE. 



Air and Climate : Removal of Carbonic Acid from Wells and Cellars, 558 ; 

 Action of Compressed Air on Meat, 572. Water : Relation of Earth Strata 

 to the Composition of Waters, 553 ; Pollution of Rivers by Manufactories 

 and City Sewage, 555; Filter for Removing Organic Impurities from 

 Water, 562; Effect of Water on Lead Pipes, 564; Method of Purifying 

 Water, 565. Antiseptics : Calcium Iodate a Valuable Antiseptic, 571. 

 General : Hypodermic Injection of Chloral, 560 ; Starch Unfit Food for In- 

 fants, 566; Relation of Typhoid Diseases to Cryptogamic Vegetation, 571 ; 

 Life-saving Stations on the Coast of the United States, 606 ; an Experi- 

 ment in Sociology, 608 ; Quetelet's Tables of Mortality, 609. 



O. MISCELLANEOUS 573 



(a.) PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. 



America in general : Twenty-third Annual Meeting of the American As- 

 sociation for the Advancement of Science, 574. Massachusetts: New 

 Survey of the State of Massachusetts, 573 ; Cambridge Entomological Club, 

 574 ; Seventh Annual Report of the Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Massa- 



